Union Cemetery

Christina Ann Trent, 21, Hyndman, died Jan. 29, 2008. She was born June 6, 1986, in Johnstown, a daughter of William J. and Carol (Sutton) Trent. She is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth and Valerie; nephew, Elijah; grandparents, Anna Sutton, John and Caroline Trent; and fiance, Chris Emerick. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where the funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday. Bishop Irvin Knierieum officiating.

Marie B. (Modispaw) Kemp, 81, Meyersdale, died Jan. 19, 2006, at Meyersdale Medical Center. Born April 23, 1924, in Meyersdale, a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah (Ohler) Modispaw. Preceded in death by husband, Richard, in 1986. Survived by son, Merle Modispaw, Elkridge, Md.; and two grandchildren. Member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, where a service will be held 11 a.m. Monday.

Ricky Dale Smearman, 50, Meyersdale, died Aug. 8, 2005, at Beverly Healthcare Meyersdale. Born Aug. 11, 1954, in Meyersdale, a son of Florence Pearl (Kinsinger) and the late Floyd Dale Smearman. Survived by daughter, Laury Ann Smearman, Salisbury, and brother, Larry Smearman, Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of Vietnam. Member of the Moose, VFW Home Aid and the Meyersdale Grace Brethren Church. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday.

To the editor: The Lions Club of Meyersdale wishes to thank everyone who participated in the community clean up day at the Union Cemetery. It was truly heartwarming to see so many of you come out with your mowers, weedeaters, and trimmers. We are very blessed to live in a community that continually pulls together as one in a time of need. Memorial Day is a day of reflection. A day to pause, and remember our deceased loved ones. A day to honor the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

Ann Madeline Enfield, 90, Somerset, died Feb. 13, 2005 at her residence. Born Jan. 4, 1915, in Lilly, daughter of Andrew and Josephine Seder. Preceded in death by parents. Survived by husband Warren G. Enfield to whom she was married 58 years. Sister of Margaret Schefer, Largo, Fla., Louise Jarrett, Daytona Beach, Fla., Pearl Platko, Ashland, Ore., and Walter Seder, Portage. Attended Somerset Church of the Brethren. Friends received from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where service will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Rose M. Dunmeyer, 81, Wilmington, Del., formerly of Meyersdale, died April 16, 2004, in Christiana Hospital, Christiana, Del. She was born May 6, 1922, in Somerset County, a daughter of the late Stephen and Conttina (Scena) Menaquale. She is preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Dunmeyer and two sisters, Julia Dunmeyer, and Carmela Davis, and a brother Maseno Menaquale. She is survived by two stepchildren Donald Dunmeyer and Violet Murray, both of Meyersdale, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Howard Wilson Miller, 52, Meyersdale, died March 25, 2005, in Meyersdale. Born Sept. 5, 1952, in Washington, a son of the late William M. and Hazel May (Moore) Miller. Survived by special friend, Judy Spangler, Meyersdale; children, Matthew Marshall, Meyersdale; Jodi Lynn, Howard W. and Steven Paul, all of Washington, and several grandchildren. He is also survived by these brothers and sisters: Harry Ed, Ohio, Howard Eugene, Robert Arnold, William Marshall and Deborah Spangler, all of Washington, and Dorothy Lou (Miller)

Leora S. Fike, 94, of Berlin, died Aug. 14, 2003 at Meadow View Nursing Center, Berlin. Born Nov. 19, 1908 in Summit Twp., the daughter of Henry and Mary (Frickey) Schrock. Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray Fike; three brothers and four sisters. Survived by two children, Ernest B., married to the former Sue Trace, Mechanicsburg; Shirley, married to Charles Gindlesperger, Berlin; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Former member of the Berlin Brethren Church.

Louise K. Long, 79, Bedford, died June 23, 2006, at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home in Bedford. She was born July 4, 1926, in Berlin, daughter of the late John L. and Ruth (Cupp) Knepper. On Nov. 17, 1946, in Berlin she married Paul L. Long and he survives along with a son John D. Long, married to the former Muriel Perkins, Leicester, England; two brothers, Leon Knepper and wife Elmira, Somerset and Edward Knepper and wife Florence, Pittsburgh. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bedford Bible Church and at 2:30 p.m. at the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Rex Lusk officiating.

Nine Civil War veterans buried in Union Cemetery in Meyersdale were honored Sunday afternoon for not only their contributions at war time but also the lives they led afterwards as husbands, fathers and respected community members. Members of Mt. Union Church Camp 502, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, along with the camp's auxiliary and the Susanna Cook Tent 61, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, gathered in period attire on the hillside banks of the Union Cemetery.

Christina Ann Trent, 21, Hyndman, died Jan. 29, 2008. She was born June 6, 1986, in Johnstown, a daughter of William J. and Carol (Sutton) Trent. She is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth and Valerie; nephew, Elijah; grandparents, Anna Sutton, John and Caroline Trent; and fiance, Chris Emerick. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where the funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday. Bishop Irvin Knierieum officiating.

Louise K. Long, 79, Bedford, died June 23, 2006, at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home in Bedford. She was born July 4, 1926, in Berlin, daughter of the late John L. and Ruth (Cupp) Knepper. On Nov. 17, 1946, in Berlin she married Paul L. Long and he survives along with a son John D. Long, married to the former Muriel Perkins, Leicester, England; two brothers, Leon Knepper and wife Elmira, Somerset and Edward Knepper and wife Florence, Pittsburgh. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bedford Bible Church and at 2:30 p.m. at the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Rex Lusk officiating.

Marie B. (Modispaw) Kemp, 81, Meyersdale, died Jan. 19, 2006, at Meyersdale Medical Center. Born April 23, 1924, in Meyersdale, a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah (Ohler) Modispaw. Preceded in death by husband, Richard, in 1986. Survived by son, Merle Modispaw, Elkridge, Md.; and two grandchildren. Member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, where a service will be held 11 a.m. Monday.

To the editor: The Monday Aug. 1 edition of the Daily American's front page reads "Union Cemetery-new board, new beginning. There have been public meetings every two weeks with poor attendance, so as a former employee, I want you to know what has been happening. I have resigned the caretaker position but not the contractor position, which includes opening and closing the gravesite. This board resented the fact that I quit the caretakers job so they took it upon themselves to terminate my contractor work.

Ricky Dale Smearman, 50, Meyersdale, died Aug. 8, 2005, at Beverly Healthcare Meyersdale. Born Aug. 11, 1954, in Meyersdale, a son of Florence Pearl (Kinsinger) and the late Floyd Dale Smearman. Survived by daughter, Laury Ann Smearman, Salisbury, and brother, Larry Smearman, Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of Vietnam. Member of the Moose, VFW Home Aid and the Meyersdale Grace Brethren Church. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday.

Joseph Charles McClintock, 42, Central City, died Aug. 3. No viewing or visitation. A memorial service will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family. Ray E. Platt, 90, East Mud Pike Road, Berlin died Aug. 2. Visitation from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. Harold H. "Bud" Glessner, 84, Greensburg, formerly of Ligonier died Aug. 2. There will be no public visitation.

Daily American Staff Writer MEYERSDALE - Union Cemetery sits solitaire on a hilltop that spans four of the borough's acres and sprawls into 18 more in Summit Township. No sign outside the various roads crisscrossing grassy knolls of grave sites tells visitors they are in an historic cemetery. A single wooden arrow displays the words, "Union Cemetery EST. 1880," several blocks away at Seventh and Main streets near the heart of Meyersdale. Ask anyone in the area though, and they know the cemetery's location: a place where hundreds of loved ones are in their final resting place.

To the editor: I am quite disturbed by what has happened to me and my son as employees at the Union Cemetery in Meyersdale. We went back to work as weather permitted in late April and were informed shortly after that we can't work because there is no insurance. The same week I read in the newspaper that volunteers were called upon by the Lions Club. I am not disrespectful to these volunteer efforts, I am disrespectful to the way in which it was handled. I can understand their concern to prepare the cemetery for Memorial Day, but nothing was mentioned that it would be for this day only.